28 July 1540: King Henry VIII of England’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed and Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
28 July 1821: Peru declared its independence from Spain.
28 July 1868: The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which established the citizenship of African Americans and guaranteed due process of law, was ratified.
28 July 1914: Beginning of World War I
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